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121. IOR/R/15/5/176, f 33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/176, f 33
Title:
Print of a Chart Showing Pearl Banks North of Ras Tanurah
Scope & Content:
This print shows the pearl banks along the Arabian coast of the Gulf, to the north of Ras Tanurah [Ra’s Tannūrah].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 map

122. IOR/R/15/5/184, f 97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/184, f 97
Title:
Tracing of Chart made by H.M.S. Sphinx, July 1903
Scope & Content:
This simple hand drawn map shows the border area between Iraq and Kuwait around the islands of Warba and Bubiyan with basic geographical features, as well the border itself marked, but limited detail elsewhere.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 map

123. IOR/R/15/5/219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/219
Title:
File 4/31 Correspondence re Activities of Abdullah Mulla Saleh
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the activities of the Ruler of Kuwait's Secretary, Abdulla Mulla Saleh. Specifically, the correspondence discusses allegations that Saleh, who was also a private merchant, was abusing his position and his proximity to the ruler...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1945-22 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

124. IOR/R/15/5/303

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/303
Title:
‘File 7/2 I Working of Kuwait in Council, 1949’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence respecting questions arising from the implementation of the Kuwait Order in Council; the main correspondents are the Kuwait Political Agent (Gordon Noel Jackson and Herbert George Jakins) and the Persian Gulf Political Resident (Sir William Rupert Hay). The sort ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1949-20 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

125. IOR/R/15/5/319

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/319
Title:
File 13/11 'Registration of Foreigners - Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file contains Kuwait Political Agency papers regarding the registration of foreigners. It mainly consists of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain [the latter is ‘Prodrome’ in the telegrams]. It also includes letters fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1949-31 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

126. IOR/R/15/5/176, f 24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/176, f 24
Title:
CHART SHOWING PEARL BANKS ALONG ARABIAN SHORE OF THE PERSIAN GULF BETWEEN RAS TANURA AND DABAI
Scope & Content:
This blueprint of a chart shows the pearl banks along the Arabian coast of the Gulf, between Ras Tanura [Ra’s Tannūrah] and Dibai [Dubai].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:

1 map

127. IOR/R/15/5/184, f 158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/184, f 158
Title:
Rough Sketch Map Showing Approximate Area of Morrah Tribal 'Dira' From Baduin Sources
Scope & Content:
The map shows 'Al Morrah' and other tribal areas and a few physical features in the south-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. A 'dira' is a tribal area. The word Baduin in the title is equivalent to Bedouin.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map

128. IOR/R/15/5/166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/166
Title:
File 2/13 Visit to Kuwait of Iraqi Foreign Minister; proposed Kuwait-Iraqi Agreement on smuggling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British Officials in Kuwait, London and India on an upcoming diplomatic mission of Iraqi Government officials to Kuwait. The file also contains correspondence relating to smuggling, trade agreements and the construction of a port on the Gulf coast of Saud...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1936-12 Jan 1943
Extent:
1 file (113 folios)

129. IOR/R/15/5/124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/124
Title:
‘Saudi Trade Agent’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Political Agent at Kuwait (Major Maurice O’Connor Tandy), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), and officials at the India Office and Foreign Office in London, concerning a request from the King of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

130. IOR/R/15/5/161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/161
Title:
File 2/8 II Kuwait water supply from the Shatt al-Arab
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence among British officials in the Persian Gulf and London, as well as the Kuwaiti Government on various means of securing a reliable supply of water for Kuwait. The papers vary from proposal for a condensing plant, and possible pipeline from Basra in Iraq, to obtai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1943-14 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)